Tradition 04 of 33
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, Hermetica, and spiritual or laboratory transformation traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 4,074
- Earliest
- 1 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 61%
- 2,499 with public full text
- With covers
- 67%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,013
- Metadata match182
- Query match873
- Source classification (retained through merging)6
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Alchemy1.6K
- Early works to 1800770
- History234
- Chemistry231
- Alchemy, Magic and Kabbalah (C.G. Jung collection)229
- occultism197
- Alchimie160
- Medicine150
- Alchemie141
- Philosophy120
- Social Sciences110
- Hermetism109
- Art101
- Magic97
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric91
- Arts and Humanities86
- Literature69
- Early works to 190062
- Rosicrucians57
- Astrology56
- Hermeticism51
- Text51
- Archeology50
- Art history46
Top languages
- German1,160 · 28%
- English882 · 22%
- Latin783 · 19%
- French392 · 10%
- NOT344 · 8%
Notable authors
All authors- Paracelsus272 in this tradition292 books
- Trismegistus Hermes75 in this tradition89 books
- Basilius Valentinus49 in this tradition50 books
- Michael Maier48 in this tradition53 books
- University of Glasgow. Library39 in this tradition71 books
- Ramon Llull36 in this tradition42 books
- Johann Joachim Becher34 in this tradition35 books
- George Starkey33 in this tradition35 books
- Jābir ibn Ḥayyān32 books
- Pierre Joseph Macquer29 books
- Johann Rudolf Glauber27 in this tradition30 books
- Roger Bacon27 in this tradition29 books
4,074 books
D. Tilemanni ... Lapis ignis Basilij, das ist, Guldiner Apffel von dem Goldbaum dess irridischen Lebens decerpiret
Johann Tilemann
1666German
D.O.M.A.
Andreas Libavius, Ramón Llull, Arnaldus de Villanova
1599Latin
D.O.M.A. Alchymia trivmphans de inivsta in se Collegii Galenici spvrii in Academia Parisiensi censvra; et Ioannis Riolani maniographia, falsi conuicta, & funditus euersa
Andreas Libavius
1607Latin
D.O.M.A. Appendix necessaria Syntagmatis arcanorum chymicorum Andreæ Libavii ..
Andreas Libavius
1615Latin
Dall'Asclepius al Crater Hermetis
Claudio Moreschini
1985Italian
Dao jiao nei xue tan wei
Jinming Xiao, 蕭進銘
2015Chinese
Das "Buch der Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit"
Uwe Junker
1986
Das "Kunstbüchlein" des Alchemisten Caspar Hartung vom Hoff
Caspar Hartung vom Hoff, Bernhard D. Haage
1975German
Das Blüt der Natür
Christoph Brummet
1677German
Das Grab der Armut
H. d' Atremont
1672German
Das alchemistische Buch von innerem Wesen und Lebensenergie
Martina Darga
1999Chinese
Das güldne Vliess
Johann Siebmacher
1736German
De Natura aliquot arcanis, sympathii, antipathiis, insignibusque medicamentis
Girolamo Cardano
1622Latin
De alchemia dialogi duo
Giovanni Braccesco
1548Latin
De alchemia, dialogi duo nunquam ante hac conjunctim sic editi, correcti, & emaculati
Giovanni Braccesco, Guglielmo Gratarolo
1673Latin
De alchemie der liefde
Annelyn Vedelaer
1976Dutch
De alchemie der metalen
Hendrik Leene
1981Dutch
De alchemie van het geluk
Inayat Khan
1974Dutch
De alchemie van het hart
Reshad Feild
1992Dutch
De arte metallicae metamorphoseos liber singularis
Joannes Chrysippus Fanianus
1560Latin
De capricci medicinali dell' eccellente medico, & cirugico m. Leonardo Fioravanti Bolognese, libri quattro
Leonardo Fioravanti
1568Italian
De his quȩ mundo mirabiliter evenivnt
Claudius Coelestinus, Roger Bacon, Oronce Fine, Simon de Colines
1542Latin
De interitu alchymiae metallorum transmutatoriae tractatus aliquot
Nicolas Guibert
1614Latin
De l'admirable pouuoir et puissance de l'art, & nature
Roger Bacon, Jacques Girard
1557Latin